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June 24,v 1930. w. L.. SULLIVAN TICKET IssUING MACHINE Filed Aug. l5.1927 M NAY5 Patente-d .lune Zei,

* *DVY'S mit ff ermee? f WILLIAM: L. sULLIvANjoF Fnncfuson, nussorrnivsssrcrnon To NATIONAL ELECTRIC L TicKET REGISTER coMPANSLoF sr. Leurs,MISSOURI; A conPoRA'rroN 0F MISSOURI ,TICKET-rescind Meaning limitationsiea'Aug'usf 13,1927., serial nacieron invention relates toticketissuingand registering machines such a's'are in' general use in movingpicture'and other theaters and in Whichone ormore vtickets are deliveredby"'-the 'macliine to fthejcustomer upon the atingelement', by aticket'seller.

. @ne example'otja machine of this type is pressureof an indicating key,or other oper- 'i'llu'str'atjedA and described my Patent No.; 1,1%,81'8and present invention 'consists @in an Vattaclnnent applicable to themachine described'in said patent "anglv serving to mark each ticketvthat passes I through the machine,v the main object of myinventionjbeing to render casual inspection of' the tickets colflectedatthe door'either sight orvtouch 'determinative of whether.` or V notthey have been'p'as'sed through theV ticket vissuing 'ma- Cil , spaced/from the" ends` oifftle'tickv numbering vor other rvprinting?which"isusu'- lally placed across the ndoft-hegt l chine. c As all' tickets"which pass 'through thefmachine arecounted, it` Willjbe seen that this ffunctioning of v invention Willserve as a check*k to prevent afdishonest or` careless ticket lseller from deliveringftickets' toa cusitome'r byhand,1 Which tickets Will notbe'reg' k isteredbyy the counterof 'the ticketfissuing "machine".V i c y, i'. i y"limother object-.of myinvention isftojbe ablegtof identify the machine Which Vhas issuedany'-'p`a1."ticnl'articket,h this being' or"l value'finchecking upon theoperations of different ticket sellers vv'l'ieremorel than lone.

ticket `'seller Vis employedy at'the same theatre orf ltither'y placeWhere of, this `type the ticketat the extremeedge and points retwvillnotJbeobliterated.

fr nnother Object O jfimy invenzioneapio?- vide a 'marking device which"Willfbe reeof :thel ticket ystrip. vvhen ythemachine is at restso'th'atthe ticket strip may be removed and/ or a new ticket stripinserted-in the machinev Without interference `from the; ticket markingdevice.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate a selected embodimentofrny inventicn, illustratepnly the feed wheel and associatedparts ofthe entire machin'eas the mechanism.'by Which'the eedvvheel'is oper-1,145,818. In' these 'dra'wngs- Figure 1 is 'a vertical' transversesection through the eedavheel, the elementupon 'which itis mounted, andthe marking de-l vice which forms'the subjectfmatter ofmy' fpresentinvention, and is taken substantially Y y c 7'0 Figure 2 1s asideelevation of the parts;

sliovvn-in'Figure l. Figure 3 1s an en marking elementspfv f l Figure 1'isa view of`- the ticket "after hasv been marked.

n rgeaiemii ofthe ticket;

Figure `5v illustrates" modified' Whicln may be Vprovidedv on differentma'- chinesfor lat different; times l'on v the same machine."

T11@ fickefissued by 'the machine efe cut inany desired quantities fromay,continuous pre-printed 'ticket strip 1 which passesjover.,

asupporting'p lateor drum Q* having aine-r dial slot through which thepins 3 ot alfeed 'operating mechanism of the machine' a':

85 Wheel 4 project.v The feedyvheel Ais fdrivenfV by engagement ofajratchet With'a pawl 6 7 c pvoted lon oneof V:the spokesffot the feed',f

Wheels, the ratchet 5 being drivenA by the i.

wellknoyvn manner; Tlieffeed vvheelpins 'carry theticketstrip `overrthev vd'riimQ andv draw thextiy 1et Strip through' theY slot V"I ypro-H vided. in the top plate 8? ofthemachine.

Y'95- 'edfbetWeen'Side plates 9'and`10 "and the lefti y'handplatfefl'Oformsa-guideforone' ed'geof the'ticketf`st-r-ip.' 'The'righthand plateQcari;y c yries a'plate 11 whichjtorms a g ui jde forjthe oppositeedge'of the ticket stripj Th'e.ti ck et l The 'abovefmentioned"mechanism is mount'- :istrip is held loosely Vz'igainst'theffeed wheelby Athe p lates 12 whichare pivoted at 13 to the side plates.A i

A hub, 14- formed-integrally with theffeed wheel't, or attached thereto,carries a gear 15 adjacent to side-plate" 9 andlying in thesame-planetas guide plate 11 which iscut Y away around the edge of theteeth' of gear 15.

A Vpinion 16 isidriven byrgear 15 and plate v11is also'cut away toV'accommodate this `pinion. Y Pinion 16 is mounted. on thev side (plate9 by means of a stud 17. Y Pinion 16 carriesv a segmentgear18 which, ispositioned inside of the planeof gear 15 pinion 16, and guide 'plate 11and is adaptedto-intermittently f engage the surface of the ticketstripy 1 as it passes over drumQL A ring gear 19 is at- -tached'tolgearland` meshes with theteeth of vsegment gear 18whenever the latter are Vopposed as indicated in Figure 3.

Obviously the movement ofthe feed wheel positively 'drives gear 15,- pin16, vand segment gear 18 whereby positive engagement anddeformationloffthe ticket strip is p rovided intermittently vwhen theticket feeding l mechanism is operated. It will be imposl sibleforaticket to be passed'over thefeed drum bytheA feed wheel withoutl gettingits edge crimped or 'otherwise markedy Vas indi- V ,cated at Y2O onYtliefti'cket T illustrated inV Figure V4. Y

It will beV un'derstood'that the gears. and

'pinions are so proportioned that one of .the

en'dsfof segment gearlS will be presented-to i the ticket stripesoftenlas. one of thefeed' pins 3 Vpasses ai given point.V Henceeachticket willbedeformed by the segmentlgear.

VThen the machine is at rest, the segment gear will' be inthe"approximate position v40 c eng'fage theV ticket strip andthe ticketstrip may be freelyinserted,` or removed from the feed wheel asisnecessary-"when the ticket supply yis exhausted and anewrollen-package oftickets is applied'to the machine. l It showninFigure-,2 in which none/ of itsfteeth willbe understoodthat vthis canonlybe Ydone by a) person having access to kthetic'ket maga- .Zine ofthemachineorte that porltionofthe mechanismillustratediriFigure 2 whichisYusually closedby af'door which may be JlQCke-:i Y Y 2g1illu,stratefamethod of physically de-v i forming the ticket by merelyplacin'g aisenfries of corrugations 'along VfoneY edge; Vand i stood /thaf't this imarking lbe yvariedand i :that the`corrugations could be, arrangedlinwheel and segmentlgear. f

In `Figure 2- kI indicate the Vordinary`lrr counter at 21 and thecounter driving pinion at 22, the latter being driven by engagementwiththe gear 15 which also drives Ythe pinion 16 and the marking gear V18. ij o y With my device it' is impossible vfor the marking elements'tofeedj'the ticket strip faster or slowerrthan the' feed wheel proper asVwould be the case if `the marking .ele-

Vments were in continuous engagement'with the ticket strip; Fromva;practical` standpoint, it would be impossible tohave two devices,each tending to feed the ticket, iny

perfect synchronism with eachother as a differencey ofonly'one-thousandth of an inch.

in the circumference. of the two elements would result in ",bucklingortearing of aY ticketafter a few hundrediliad been issued.V

At vthe sameV timeV myv 'device-*does not depend for its printing uponfriction engager Vment of the marking elements bythe ticket strip but ispositively drivenand positively engages eachticket fed through themachine. Y

yObviously variations inthe details `of; construction Vmay be madewithout'departing from the Vspirit .of my invention, 'and-1 contemplatethe eXclusiveuse ofsuch modifica-v tions as fall within the scope ofmyclaims. Izclaim: i

1i In aY machine ofthev class described, ,95

ticket ijfeed-ing mechanism including. a gear wheel overwhich theticketor ticketvstriprV Vmoves as it being issued, andaffsegment i gearYimmediately over the ticket lor ticket f vstrip and adapted tofmesh withsaid gear wheel duringa relatively shortportion o f the passage of theticket thereovei;

'2. In. a machinei'ofthe classdescribedda ticketfstrip feedingmechanismpinclnding a geargwheel over'rwhich the ticket strip V moves asitis being issued', a gear adjacent tok said Wheel, a pinion in meshwithsaid f jje'alrfa'ndV segment gear carried, by said pinion Vand Y,

adapted to mesh at intervalswithsaid wheel i a Y and to distort a ticketstrip passing between them. V 3. Iny armachi-ne ticket stripfeedingmechanism' includinga of lclass described, i l

gear wheel over which the ticket strip movesl as Vitis being, issued, a`gear adjacent to said wheel, a pinion in mesh withsaidgear,'segsl mentgear carried Yby. saidfpinion Y`andA adapt(- ed to mesh atintervals-with saidfwheel and tok distorty a ticket striplpassingbetween". them, and means Vfor guiding a ticketstrip so" thatone edge'passesnbetweensaid;gear

AQIn amachine offtheclassydescribediia i ticket-strip Y supportingYdrum, a'fticket strip feed wheelv having;v pins prejecting throughsaidvdrumkaf'gear fixed onsaid wheeka;

"pinion driven by said gear, agsectorfgearf mounted'on said pinion,and'gear teethniov ing` with saidV feedv wheel `and Vmeshing with" ,saidsector gearat intervalsfsaid teeth. and

said sector gear inter'engagingadyfweiitto',` the edge of said'drumWhereby a ticket fed by said Wheel may be deformed by said teeth vandsaid sector gear.

5. In a machine of the classgdescribed, a

ticket strip.supporting'drum7 a' ticket strip feed Wheel having pinsprojecting' through Vsaid drum, a gear Afixed on said Wheel, a

pinion driven by said 1' gear, a sector gear 'f lmounted on said pinion,and gear teeth movj ing vWith said feedvvh'eel, said sector gear beingadapted to mesh With said gear teeth as said feed Wheel functions'todeliver kone or more tickets but being ynormally'disengaged from saidgear teeth when said feed Wheel is stationary, said pinion and gearteeth being located adjacent to the edge of said drum whereby a ticketfed by said Wheel may be deformed by said sector teethy andvsaid gearteeth butva ticket strip may be passedover said drum'withoutinterference by said sector gear When the machine is lat rest.`

In testimony `whereof I hereunto aiX my signature this'lOth day ofAugust, 1927.

' WILLIAM L. SULLIVAN.`

